and universities and businesses and non for profits to take part. for folk who is are watching this who were not able to be here today, we want you here next time. start thinking about your commitments now. we want you to join us. for those who were able to make commit ms today, i want to thank you for doing your part to make better the life of our country. because what you're doing here today means that there are a bunch of young people, like troy and like michelle and like me, who suddenly may be able to see a whole new world open up before them that they didn't realize was there. so i'll end with a great story that i think speaks to this. there's a former teacher here today named nick airman. where's nick?